Emperor Hongzhi thought he had heard it wrong, and kept savoring Xiao Jing's words in his mind.

He seemed to hear it right, he was silent for a long time.

Then, he looked at Xiao Jing with a suspicious look: "What did you say?"

"I...I..." Xiao Jing looked difficult.

Yes, when he learned the news, he was also shocked.

Damn... That godmother didn't recognize her for nothing. If she recognized her a little later, she wouldn't be able to hold her thighs even if she wanted to hold her.

He said ai Ai: "Your Majesty, Liu Wenshan, Liu Jin and others, they came back from Franji and brought mountains of gold and silver, and they couldn't count them clearly."

"Franc...there are only a few ships, this Siyang Trading Company, can they steal the Franc men?"

Emperor Hongzhi asked in disbelief and shocked.

There is no other explanation except grabbing.

The Franjiren seemed to be not weak. If the Ming Navy was mobilized to leave, perhaps... there might be such a possibility.

But as far as Emperor Hongzhi knew, Liu Wen and others brought some merchant ships there, how could they move back countless gold?

Fang Jifan listened, and the dragon spirit suddenly became fierce.

He shook his spirit and looked happy.

His closest dear disciple and grandson are back.

I thought they died outside.

Thinking of this, Fang Jifan couldn't help but burst into tears.

God bless you.

But when he heard the word "Snatching", Fang Jifan couldn't help but say excitedly: "Your Majesty, it's not snatching, it's not snatching. Liu Wenshan is deeply influenced by his son's morals. How could he do such a thing?"

Emperor Hongzhi has not yet recovered.

He looked at Fang Jifan in a daze. The news was so shocking that there was no sign in advance.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan with confusion and asked in confusion: "What's going on with Jifan?"

Fang Jifan explained: "Have you forgotten that your son asked them to go to Franji and sell flowers..."

Sell... flowers...

Does this work?

Even if Fang Jifan is a god, everyone thinks that Fang Jifan is unreliable for selling flowers.

This has completely subverted people's perception.

Well, even if the flowers can be sold, they can be expensive.

But……

So how is that possible? As Xiao Jing said, all the mountains of gold and silver have been moved back.

Emperor Hongzhi was confused.

He stared at Fang Jifan.

This matter was obviously planned by Jingfu, and if you don’t look for Fang Jifan, who will you find?

Liu Jian and others couldn't help but take a breath and looked at Fang Jifan in confusion.

Fang Jifan has brought too many surprises to everyone.

But today's surprise... is far beyond their perception.

Fang Jifan knew that selling flowers was not persuasive enough, so he solemnly said: "Did Your Majesty remember that there was an explanation of the bubble theory in the sequel to Liu Wenshan's Theory of Wealth of the Country."

Emperor Hongzhi scraped his stomach and barely remembered some.

Of course, when I first saw it, I just took a quick look and didn’t pay attention to it.

In the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, the so-called bubble is nothing but a worthless thing. The price suddenly surged, but in fact, it does not have such great value in itself.

Of course...this...

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi didn't seem to understand, Fang Jifan explained seriously.

"This time Liu Wenshan went to Franki to practice this idea. Tulips were worthless, but at first, because they were rare and expensive, after that, when they arrived at Franki, they could contact some speculative merchants to make these merchants everywhere and make them decorations for princes and nobles."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and Empress Zhang also liked Tulips very much, even in the current capital... it is very popular now.

"But... how many princes and nobles will spend all their money just to buy these flowers?"

Fang Jifan smiled: "Your Majesty, if you just simply treat tulips as embellishments, this tulip will certainly not cost much money. But Your Majesty should know that tulips will take a lot of trouble to cultivate, but its seeds, oh, that is, bulbs, are very easy to preserve. All tulips are controlled by Liu Wenshan. Then, as long as this thing is favored by the nobles, what consequences will Liu Wenshan take as long as he controls the shipment of tulips?"

To be honest, it is really hard to explain this to half-baked economists like the Emperor and Liu Jian.

Emperor Hongzhi thought, his eyes lit up: "The price will rise."

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi had some understanding, Fang Jifan continued to say.

"Yes, as long as the shipment volume is reasonably controlled and the prices continue to rise, then... I dare to ask Your Majesty, what will happen next?"

Emperor Hongzhi followed Fang Jifan's idea: "The price will rise, just like a stock that can continue to rise. Who doesn't want to make money in this world? Naturally, many people will hoard and hope to make a profit with the help of tulips."

Fang Jifan was happy: "That's right, Your Majesty, so this tulip has changed from an ornament to a product that can fight inflation and make profits. It has deviated from its original attributes. People buy it and no longer use it for consumption."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "You keep talking."

"In this way, it will inevitably cause a trend. Those who have hoarded tulip bulbs naturally want everyone in the world to buy tulips. In this way, the water can rise. In other words, with the help of tulips, in fact... Liu Wenshan has tied up countless nobles and merchants who have made profits from it. They tasted the sweetness and did not need to ask for help. They would promote the benefits of tulip bulbs everywhere. They would repeatedly declare to people how precious tulips are. In this way, such a concept will be deeply rooted in people's hearts with their fuel."

"Franchise's situation is the same as that of our Ming Dynasty. Because of going overseas, inflation has spread. Most people have accumulated a little savings, but soon they began to depreciate. In fact, the entire Franchise is struggling with a problem, how to keep their own savings worth."

"In the Ming Dynasty, there was already a ready-made method, such as the securities market. People invested their savings into the stock market and real estate to resist the depreciation of such currencies. The silver from the stock market flowed into the hands of merchants, and merchants carried out production, so they began to build and expand workshops, producing countless goods, and used them to make profits. In the end, most people gained benefits in this process."

"But... Although Franchise has developed greatly in handicraft industry, it is full of princes and there is no unified market at all. This also leads to the development of their stock market and workshops, which is just emerging."

"The emergence of tulip bulbs has solved the most urgent problem for all of them, that is... preservation of value. As a result, more and more people have begun to accept tulips, from princes to common people. These tulips not only have investment attributes, but can even replace currency, because in people's eyes, tulips can be transferred at any time. Therefore, in many transactions, people can even directly exchange tulips for any goods."

Emperor Hongzhi had already begun to gradually understand something.

He took a breath. Although Fang Jifan said it easily, no matter how stupid Emperor Hongzhi was, he knew very well that the process must be thrilling. He learned from one example and applied it to other things.

"Does this mean that tulip bulbs, like the silver bills of Xishan Money House, are worthless, but because the gold and silver of the money house are reserved, they can ensure that the silver bills are exchanged for sufficient gold and silver at any time, so more and more people accept it."

"Yes, at this point, the tulip bulbs are actually the same as the silver bills of Xishan Money House. But behind the silver bills, not only Xishan Money House, but also the palace and the court are the credit. Therefore, Xishan Money House is extremely cautious in issuing silver bills, and it is necessary to ensure that those who hold the silver bills can exchange them at any time. Therefore, there are sufficient reserves of gold and silver in the money bank, which can be exchanged at any time. However, tulips are like duckweed in the water, and their only value is scarcity. But in fact, most tulips are not scarce. In the Ming Dynasty, there were countless of these things, and they had even reached the point of flooding. Naturally, Liu Wenshan could quickly release goods when the time was ripe, so that he could make a big profit from it."

"So that's it." Emperor Hongzhi felt very relieved.

This Liu Wenshan is really a talented person. He can think of such a thing.

In this way, these gold and silver are profitable by speculating on high prices.

Some worthless flowers have become the most valuable things in the world, it is really...

But……

Fang Jifan smiled: "Of course, Liu Wenshan is enough to make a fortune by relying on this, but this alone is not enough."

besides……

Emperor Hongzhi at this time was like a primary school student.

As for Liu Jianren and others, they seem to be at the level of a nursery.

They all looked at Fang Jifan in a daze.

Fang Jifan looked around and continued, "Once Liu Wenshan released a large amount of goods, the price of tulips will inevitably plummet, but... Your Majesty has ever thought about who is the biggest person who has suffered the biggest damage to this plunge, who has the most tulips, and who is the one who is most afraid of the terrible consequences caused by countless people after the plunge of tulips?"

Emperor Hongzhi shuddered.

He began to understand gradually again.

This move.

Probably more toxic.

He thought to himself, if the people of the Ming Dynasty bought tulips, countless people paid their lives, and the palace and the court also reserved a batch, then... he and the court must be most afraid of the plummeting price of tulips.
Chapter completed!